What an amazing Harvest Dinner we had yesterday! It was so inspiring to see our school community sit down for a family dinner in celebration of this year’s fall Harvest. Many, many thanks to our PTO and all our volunteers who helped make this experience a success. It took an enormous amount of “behind the scenes” work to make this event possible. This year we harvested a total of 623 lbs of food from the Hatch Patch and 60 lbs from our orchard. We were able to donate 350 lbs of that harvest to the Oak Park Food Pantry! Thanks to our teachers for their support, many of whom brought their own families to the celebration, as well as our custodial team for all their hard work in setting up and shutting down.
Thank you also to our PTO volunteers for another successful Hatch Golf Outing last Saturday!
Fourth and fifth grade parents, please be on the lookout for your child’s PARCC scores, which were sent home today. The Partnership for Assessment Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test is the state-mandated test our 3rd-5th graders participated in last spring.
All parents are invited to attend our first PTO meeting of the year. It will begin at 7pm in the Library Media Center on Tuesday, September 25th. Please see below for more information and a number of PTO reminders.
Only 9 days left to receive 15% off your purchase of the 2018-2019 Hatch Yearbook! The 15% discount ends September 30th. See attached flyer for more information.
There’s still time to change your “No to Directory” option to “Yes to Directory.” If your student’s permission is “No to Directory,” he/she will NOT be in the Hatch School Directory. Contact the office to make any changes.
Sarah Mendez
Hatch School Principal
1000 N Ridgeland Ave
Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 524-3095
PTO Reminders
- Thank you to the volunteers for Taste of Hatch Patch and our co-chairs Veronica Gonzalez, Angela Childers and Claudia Ceccarelli. And thank you to Heather Guido who manages the Hatch Patch and her team of parent volunteers. Our PTO sponsored school garden harvested 623 pounds this year and donated 350 to the OPRF food pantry.
- New Parent Night and First PTO Meeting is Tuesday, Sept 25 from 7-8 p.m. To help parents attend, free childcare is provided in the lunchroom.
- The PTO is seeking a Spanish teacher for our lunchtime enrichment classes, starting this November and running through April. This is a nice opportunity for a Hatch parent or grandparent to share their talents and get to know some great Hatch Tigers. The position is paid. The teaching time commitment is one hour/week, Tuesdays 10:55-11:55am, 20 classes. Interested parties, please contact Christine Wehman 773.575.1638, [email protected]. Gracias!
- The Halloween Disco is coming up and the PTO needs your help! Consider joining the Disco committee so we can keep this popular event fabulous. The team needs two more co-chairs to coordinate decorations. Please email [email protected] if you are interested or would like more information.
- World Language Program – You can sign your child up for additional lunchtime foreign language classes coordinated by the PTO. Registration details in the flyer.
- Ms. Polley is looking for 1-2 parent volunteers to help organize curricular materials during the school day. The time is flexible and can work around your schedule. Please contact [email protected]
- Help Hatch start a ‘‘garden’ club at lunch to help students water the indoor plants and other simple projects. Please contact Ms. Winfield if interested at [email protected].
- Imagine OPRF the community-led group tasked (by the D200 Board) with creating a long-term facilities master plan for Oak Park River Forest High School invites you the next Community Conversation on October 3 7-9 p.m at OPRF high school.
- Hatch at the Movies- monthly PTO sponsored after school Friday movie. Coco is playing Friday, October 12. All students going to Hatch at the Movies need an online permission slip (link coming next week) or a parent to attend with them. (Kindergartners must have parent or sibling with them.) Movie costs $2. Most snacks are $1. Organizers also need a few parent volunteers. Sign up.